Showcase Presents: Robin The Boy Wonder #Vol. 1

DC Comics

United States

Published: [January] 2008
Page count: 516?
Cover price: 16.99 USD; 20.99 CAD
Colour: Black & white
Format: Comic series
GCD: www.comics.org/issue/404209

Credits

Editing: Jack Schiff (original)
Mort Weisinger (original)
E. Nelson Bridwell (original)
Julius Schwartz (original)
Bob Joy (collected)

Issue contents

Cover Untitled (Robin) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin

Credits

Pencils: Carmine Infantino
Inks: Murphy Anderson
Colours: Drew Moore

Showcase Presents: Robin The Boy Wonder (DC, 2008 series) #Vol. 1 — Untitled

1. Untitled Credits, 5 pages

Credits

Letters: typeset

Notes

Table of Contents and Credits pages.

2. The Origin of Robin! (Robin) Comic story, 11.5 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman; Robin (origin); John Grayson; Mary Grayson; Boss Zucco; Police Detective Harvey Harris (flashback; cameo)

Credits

Script: E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils: Ross Andru
Inks: Mike Esposito

Synopsis

After his parents are murdered by Boss Zucco's men, Dick Grayson is taken in by Bruce Wayne who trains him as Robin and together they bring Boss Zucco to justice.

Notes

Origin of Robin with new details added.

3. World's Finest Comics #141 (Superman and Batman) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature: Superman and Batman
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Credits

Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein

4. The Olsen-Robin Team Versus "The Superman-Batman Team!" (Superman and Batman) Comic story, 17 pages

Featuring

Feature: Superman and Batman
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Perry White; Dr. Dannifer; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Bat-Cave; Flying Newsroom

Credits

Script: Edmond Hamilton
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein

Synopsis

A mad scientist's Future Predictor says that Robin and Jimmy will soon die.

Notes

Sequence originally 2 chapters with second chapter titled "The Vengeance of Superman and Batman!"

5. World's Finest Comics #147 (Superman and Batman) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature: Superman and Batman
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Jimmy Olsen; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Superman [Kal-el, aka. Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Credits

Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein

6. The New Terrific Team! (Superman and Batman) Comic story, 16 pages

Featuring

Feature: Superman and Batman
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Jimmy Olsen; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Kryptonite; the Eyrie; Batcave; Olsonmobile; Robin Plane; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Animator

Credits

Script: Edmond Hamilton
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Sheldon Moldoff

Synopsis

Jimmy and Robin decide to go out on their own as a super-team, giving up the side kick role.

Notes

Sequence originally in 2 chapters with second chapter title "The Doom of Jimmy Olsen and Robin!"

This reprint says that this story was inked by George Klein, but our index of the original issue says Sheldon Moldoff. Looking at it, I think it looks closer to Moldoff than Klein, so the credit in this reprint is most likely in error.

7. Detective Comics #342 (Batman) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature: Batman
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Credits

Pencils: Carmine Infantino
Inks: Joe Giella

8. The Midnight Raid of the Robin Gang! (Batman) Comic story, 13.33 pages

Featuring

Feature: Batman
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Chip Keller gang; Commissioner Gordon; Tom Willard; Al Craig; Human Bear (wrestler); Golden Inca (wrestler)

Credits

Script: John Broome
Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
Inks: Joe Giella

Synopsis

Dick tries to talk one of his friends out of dropping out of school and stumbles into a crime spree, masterminded by Al Craig. Craig plans to use drop-outs, dressed as Robin, to commit burglaries all over Gotham at midnight.

9. The Dragon Delinquent! (Jimmy Olsen) Comic story, 16.67 pages

Featuring

Feature: Jimmy Olsen
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Mr. Benson (Daily Planet Editor); "Rockets" Reagan; The Dragons (motorcycle gang); Dr. Warren; Miss Rena Starling; Mr. Traitor; Robin [Dick Grayson] (also as Chip); Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Credits

Script: Roy Thomas
Leo Dorfman (reworking)
Art: Pete Costanza
Letters: Milton Snapinn

Synopsis

Jimmy tries to shut down the Dragons, a motorcycle gang of juvenile delinquents, but must first figure out what is the reason behind their stealing of seemingly worthless items.

Notes

Story originally in 2 chapters with title of second chapter "The Secret of the Traitor Thefts!"

10. The Boy Wonder's Boo-Boo Patrol! (Robin) Comic story, 9.67 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin [Dick Grayson]; Viola Lance; Bill Porter; Bruce Wayne

Credits

Script: Gardner Fox
Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff [ghosting for Bob Kane]
Inks: Sid Greene

Synopsis

Robin, who is on patrol alone, thinks that someone is trying to kill Viola Lance, a stunt girl.

Notes

Revised pencil credit by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Credit previously given as Chic Stone? Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but Craig Delich and other scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.

11. Dick Grayson's Secret Guardian! (Robin) Comic story, 9.5 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Frank Reynolds; Toughy Loomis

Credits

Script: Gardner Fox
Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff [ghosting for Bob Kane]
Inks: Joe Giella
Letters: Gaspar Saladino

Reprint history

First print: Batman (DC, 1940 series) #192 (June 1967)
— Dick Grayson's Secret Guardian!
Also printed: Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #103 ([March 1968])
— Dick Grayson's Secret Guardian!
: Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #103 ([March 1968])

Synopsis

Dick Grayson meets the two new kids being bussed into his school. Toughy Loomis, one of those kids, wants to beat up Dick because he's a rich kid.

Notes

Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.

12. Jimmy Olsen, Boy Wonder (Jimmy Olsen) Comic story, 11.5 pages

Featuring

Feature: Jimmy Olsen
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Jimmy Olsen; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Scorpion Gang; Mystery Analysts of Gotham City [Commissioner Gordon; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Kaye Daye; District Attorney Danton; Martin Tellman; Hugh Rankin; Art Saddows]; Batcave; Eyrie (Secret Hideout); Alfred; Aunt Harriet; Valerie; Batmobile

Credits

Script: Cary Bates
Art: Pete Costanza

Reprint history

Based on: Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #111 (June 1968)
— Jimmy Olsen, Boy Wonder!
: Mighty Comic (KG Murray, 1973 series) #117 ([February 1977?])
— Jimmy Olsen, Boy Wonder
Printed in: Mighty Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #70 ([April 1969?])
— Jimmy Olsen, Boy Wonder!
Also printed: The Superman Family (DC, 1974 series) #171 (June-July 1975)
— Jimmy Olsen, Boy Wonder
: Mighty Comic (KG Murray, 1973 series) #117 ([February 1977?])
— Jimmy Olsen, Boy Wonder
: Superman Supacomic (Murray, 1982 series) ([1982?])
— Jimmy Olsen, Boy Wonder

Synopsis

Jimmy Olsen trades places with Robin to try to fool the Mystery Analysts of Gotham, whom he wants to join.

13. Menace of the Motorcycle Marauders! (Robin) Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; The Hornets (motercycle gang) [Tommy the Tramp; Jimbo; Magoo]

Credits

Script: Mike Friedrich
Pencils: Chic Stone
Inks: Joe Giella

Reprint history

First print: Batman (DC, 1940 series) #202 (June 1968)
— Menace of the Motorcycle Marauders!
Also printed: Superman and Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1968 series) #4 ([March 1969?])
— Menace of the Motorcycle Marauders

Synopsis

Robin stops a motorcycle gang, but in the process loses the chance to be elected class president at school.

Notes

14. The Teen-Age Gap! (Robin) Comic story, 8.5 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jim Kendricks; Craig Rockland; Eliot; Ron; Andy

Credits

Script: Mike Friedrich
Pencils: Ross Andru
Inks: Mike Esposito

Synopsis

Robin is helping a youth gathering by leading their hayride. He plans to show up by swinging in from a tree, but Eliot and his gang decide to ambush him, but Robin is saved by Craig Rockland, a younger student that the other students don't treat well.

15. Countdown to Chaos! (Robin) Comic story, 7.67 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin [Dick Grayson]; Sandy Cole; Craig Rockland

Credits

Script: Mike Friedrich
Pencils: Gil Kane
Inks: Murphy Anderson

Synopsis

Dick's date with Sandy is interrupted by a gang from a rival school who try to crash the Gotham school dance. Meanwhile, someone is blackmailing the school's administrator to force him to break off talks with the teacher's union.

16. Strike! (Robin) Comic story, 8.67 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin [Dick Grayson]; Craig Rockland; Sandy Cole

Credits

Script: Mike Friedrich
Pencils: Gil Kane
Inks: Murphy Anderson

Synopsis

Robin, with the help of student reporter Craig Rockland, discover the truth behind the breakdown of talks between the teachers and the administration of his school.

17. Blank Page Comic story, 1 page

Notes

Blank page used to line the next story up so it starts on the right-hand page.

18. One Bullet Too Many! (Batman) Comic story, 3 pages

Featuring

Feature: Batman
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Dick Grayson; Bruce Wayne; Alfred Pennyworth

Credits

Script: Frank Robbins
Pencils: Irv Novick
Inks: Dick Giordano

Synopsis

Dick leaves the Bruce and Alfred behind to attend Hudson University.

19. Blank Page Comic story, 1 page

Notes

Used to make the next story begin on the correct side of the page.

20. Strike... While the Campus is Hot (Robin) Comic story, 8.67 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Chief Hawkins; Mrs. Higgins; Jonah Ramm; Dean Lewis; Fire-brand Fran

Credits

Script: Frank Robbins
Pencils: Gil Kane
Inks: Murphy Anderson

Reprint history

First print: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #394 (December 1969)
— Strike... While the Campus Is Hot
Also printed: Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #160 ([December 1972])
— Strike… While the Campus is Hot
: Batman and Robin (KG Murray, 1976 series) #5 ([1977?])
— Strike… While the Campus is Hot

Synopsis

Robin arrives at Hudson University and stumbles into a campus protest. When the cops arrive Robin realizes that the cops are fake, but is taken by them to prevent his stopping their scheme.

21. Drop Out... or Drop Dead! (Robin) Comic story, 7.67 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Jonah Haggenmiller; Firebrand Fran

Credits

Script: Frank Robbins
Pencils: Gil Kane
Inks: Murphy Anderson

Reprint history

First print: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #395 (January 1970)
— Drop Out... or Drop Dead!
Also printed: Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #160 ([December 1972])
— Drop Out…or Drop Dead
: Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 395 (DC, 2000 series) (June 2000)
— Drop Out... or Drop Dead!

Synopsis

Robin discovers the truth behind the fake cops and demonstrators that created the riot at Hudson University.

22. Moon-Struck (Robin) Comic story, 7.67 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin [Dick Grayson]; Herb Stroud; Trudi; Professor Zukov

Credits

Script: Frank Robbins
Pencils: Gil Kane
Inks: Vince Colletta

Synopsis

While attending a science lecture as Dick Grayson, Robin sees a lunar rock turn another student green. Is it strange radiation from the moon, or a prank?

23. Panic By Moonglow (Robin) Comic story, 9 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin [Dick Grayson]; Herb Stroud; Professor Zukov; Dr. Wells

Credits

Script: Frank Robbins
Pencils: Gil Kane
Inks: Vince Colletta

Synopsis

Robin discovers the truth behind Professor Zukov and the "radioactive" lunar rock that infected Herb Stroud.

24. A Burial For Batgirl! (Batgirl and Robin) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature: Batgirl and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Hank Osher; Jack Markham; Amos Willard; Professor Huntington

Credits

Script: Denny O'Neil
Pencils: Gil Kane
Inks: Vince Colletta

Synopsis

Barbara Gordon has come to Hudson University to help with a Edgar Allen Poe festival. She discovers a murder and captures Hank Osher, who appears to be the murderer. Batgirl begins to believe that Hank has been framed and investigates further, which leads to her being captured and bricked into a wall.

25. Midnight is the Dying Hour! (Robin and Batgirl) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin and Batgirl
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Hank Osher; Jack Markham; Amos Willard; Professor Huntington

Credits

Script: Denny O'Neil
Pencils: Gil Kane
Inks: Vince Colletta

Synopsis

Robin rescues Batgirl and the two of them find Amos Willard's killer.

26. Olsen, the Teen-Wonder! (Jimmy Olsen) Comic story, 13 pages

Featuring

Feature: Jimmy Olsen
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Jimmy Olsen; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lois Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; The Eyrie; Sergeant Masters

Credits

Script: Bob Haney
Art: Murphy Anderson

Synopsis

Jimmy Olsen takes Robin's place in an attempt to prove to him that anybody with a little training could be Robin.

27. Blank Page Comic story, 1 page

Notes

Blank page to allow the next story to begin on the right-most page.

28. World's Finest Comics #195 (Superman and Batman) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature: Superman and Batman
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Jimmy Olsen; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Credits

Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Murphy Anderson

29. Dig Now, Die Later! (Superman and Batman) Comic story, 18 pages

Featuring

Feature: Superman and Batman
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Jimmy Olsen; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Karl Lukaz; green kryptonite

Credits

Script: Bob Haney
Pencils: Ross Andru
Inks: Mike Esposito

Synopsis

Superman and Batman infiltrate the Mafia, but when Batman begins to believe he is a Mafia crime boss he orders the execution of Robin and Jimmy Olsen.

30. My Place in the Sun! (Robin) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Speedy [Roy Harper]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ed Cogdill; Frank Auley; Batman (cameo)

Credits

Script: Mike Friedrich
Pencils: Gil Kane
Inks: Vince Colletta

Reprint history

First print: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #402 (August 1970)
— My Place In The Sun!
Also printed: Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #153 ([May 1972?])
— My Place in the Sun
: Batman and Robin (KG Murray, 1976 series) #2 ([October 1976])
— My Place in the Sun

Synopsis

Speedy visits Robin at Hudson University. Robin begins to question if he should continue to be Robin.

31. Break-Out! (Robin) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin [Dick Grayson]; Frank Auley; Ed Cogdill

Credits

Script: Mike Friedrich
Pencils: Gil Kane
Inks: Vince Colletta

Reprint history

First print: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #403 (September 1970)
— Break-Out!
Also printed: Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #154 ([June 1972?])
— Break-Out
: Batman and Robin (KG Murray, 1976 series) #2 ([October 1976])
— Break-Out

Synopsis

Robin helps the police track down the escaped juvenile delinquents.

32. Help Me --- I Think I'm Dead! (Robin) Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin [Dick Grayson]; Phil Real; Tina; Russ; Professor "Buck" Stuart; Congressmen Forte

Credits

Script: Mike Friedrich
Pencils: Irv Novick
Inks: Mike Esposito

Synopsis

Professor "Buck" Stuart is running for congress against incumbent Forte on a platform of cleaning up the polluted river that Forte has allowed ICM to dump their chemicals into. When Stuart's campaign headquarters are burned to the ground, Robin investigates.

33. Temperature Boiling... and Rising! (Robin) Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin [Dick Grayson]; Phil Real; Professor "Buck" Stuart; Hank Osher; Bill Perkins; Lois Lane (cameo); Mr. Albertson

Credits

Script: Mike Friedrich
Pencils: Irv Novick
Inks: Frank Giacoia

Synopsis

Robin discovers the truth behind a fake photo of candidate Stuart and who burned down his campaign headquarters.

Notes

When an editor offers Robin a job taking photos of his cases, he says the editor should look up a guy named Peter Parker.

34. Blank Page Comic story, 1 page

Notes

Blank page used to force the next story to start on the right-most page.

35. World's Finest Comics #200 (Superman and Robin) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature: Superman and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Superman [Clark Kent]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Migg

Credits

Art: Neal Adams

36. Prisoners of the Immortal World! (Superman and Robin) Comic story, 22 pages

Featuring

Feature: Superman and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Superman [Clark Kent]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Migg (alien); Kartel (alien); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (flashback; cameo); Alfred Pennyworth (flashback; cameo); John Grayson (flashback; cameo); Mary Grayson (flashback; cameo); Marty; Davy

Credits

Script: Mike Friedrich
Pencils: Dick Dillin
Inks: Joe Giella

Synopsis

Aliens teleport Superman, Robin and two brothers from Hudson University to their alien world to use Superman as a living battery to power their immortality machine.

37. Danger Comes A-Looking! (Robin) Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Superman [Clark Kent] (cameo); Robin [Dick Grayson]; Phil Real; Terri Bergstrom; Hank Osher; Mary; Davy

Credits

Script: Mike Friedrich
Pencils: Irv Novick
Inks: Dick Giordano

Reprint history

First print: Batman (DC, 1940 series) #230 (March 1971)
— Danger Comes A-Looking!
Also printed: Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #79 ([November 1971?])
— Danger Comes A-Looking

Synopsis

Robin discovers who bombed the ROTC building on Hudson University.

38. Wiped Out! (Robin) Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin [Dick Grayson]; Terri Bergstrom; Mark Brunner

Credits

Script: Mike Friedrich
Pencils: Irv Novick
Inks: Dick Giordano

Synopsis

When Dick Grayson and Terri Bergstrom's apartments are burglarized, Robin tracks down the criminals.

39. Vengeance for a Cop! (Robin) Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin [Dick Grayson]; Robert Beeker; Nanci Beeker; Terri Bergstrom; Pat Whalon; Jonathan

Credits

Script: Mike Friedrich
Pencils: Irv Novick
Inks: Dick Giordano

Synopsis

When a cop is shot, Robin travels to a commune to find the shooter.

40. The Outcast Society (Robin) Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin [Dick Grayson]; Nanci Beeker; Pat Whalon; Terri Bergstrom; Jonathan

Credits

Script: Mike Friedrich
Pencils: Irv Novick
Inks: Dick Giordano

Synopsis

Robin convinces the commune to allow him to arrest Pat Whalon for the shooting of Nanci Beeker's father.

41. Rain Fire! (Robin) Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin [Dick Grayson]; Pat Whalon; Terri Bergstrom; Nanci Beeker; Robert Beeker (flashback; cameo); Jonathan

Credits

Script: Mike Friedrich
Pencils: Irv Novick
Inks: Dick Giordano

Synopsis

Robin and the commune fight a wildfire and convince the surrounding neighbors to help them before the fire gets out of control.

42. Soul-Pit! (Robin) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin [Dick Grayson]; Bernie Wrightson; Alan Weiss; Gerry; Terri Bergstrom; Rick Asher; Gordon Asher; Brother Thomas; Brother Charles

Credits

Script: Mike Friedrich
Pencils: Rich Buckler
Inks: Dick Giordano

Reprint history

First print: Batman (DC, 1940 series) #239 (February 1972)
— Soul-Pit!

Synopsis

Robin and his friends get in a fight with some "Jesus freaks" and then Robin is contacted by Terri Bergstrom that he needs to help Rick Asher.

43. Theater of the Mind! (Robin) Comic story, 9 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin; Alan Weiss; Gerry; Bernie Wrightson; Rick Asher; Terri Bergstrom; Gordon Asher; Burton Asher; Thomas (butler); Brother Thomas

Credits

Script: Mike Friedrich
Art: Rich Buckler

Synopsis

Robin reunites Rick Asher with his father.

44. Secret of the Psychic Siren! (Robin) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Lilith (of the Teen Titans, a relative of Terri); Robin [Dick Grayson]; Terri Bergstrom; Kid Flash [Wally West]

Credits

Script: Mike Friedrich
Art: Rich Buckler

Reprint history

First print: Batman (DC, 1940 series) #241 (May 1972)
— Secret of the Psychic Siren!
Also printed: Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #101 ([October 1973?])
— The Secret of the Psychic Siren

Synopsis

Terri Bergstrom's search for her cousin comes to an end, leading to Robin, Terri and Lilith battling a cult that worships Cthulhu.

45. Death-Point! (Robin) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Lilith (of the Teen Titans); Robin [Dick Grayson]; Terri Bergstrom

Credits

Script: Mike Friedrich
Pencils: Rich Buckler
Inks: Dick Giordano

Reprint history

First print: Batman (DC, 1940 series) #242 (June 1972)
— Death-Point!
Also printed: Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #102 ([November 1973?])
— Death-Point!

Synopsis

While battling Chthulu cultists, Terri is possessed by a demon.

46. Earth-- The Monster-Maker (Justice League of America) Comic story, 22 pages

Featuring

Feature: Justice League of America
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Justice League of America [Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Batman; Black Canary; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (all Earth-1)]; Justice Society of America [Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-L]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (all Earth-2)]; Robin (Earth-1) (guest star); S-Kyr; A-Rym; Teppy; E-Hes; Solomon Grundy (villain)

Credits

Script: Mike Friedrich
Pencils: Dick Dillin
Inks: Joe Giella
Letters: John Costanza

Reprint history

First print: Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #91 (August 1971)
— Earth-- The Monster-Maker!
Also printed: All Favourites Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #96 ([May 1973?])
— Earth--The Monster-Maker
: Crisis on Multiple Earths (DC, 2002 series) #3 (2004)
— Earth -- The Monster-Maker!

Synopsis

Three aliens are out on a joyride alongside their symbiotic pets when they lose control of their ship, resulting in one of the aliens being separated from his pet as they travel through the dimensional barrier separating Earths 1 and 2. The JSA and the JLA must reunite them before they destroy each world.

47. Solomon Grundy.. The One and Only (Justice League of America) Comic story, 22 pages

Featuring

Feature: Justice League of America
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Justice League of America [Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Black Canary (cameo); Batman (Earth-1) (cameo- end of story); Green Arrow (cameo); Aquaman (cameo)(all Earth-1)]; Justice Society of America [Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-L]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Robin [Dick Grayson] (all Earth-2)]; Robin (Earth-1) (guest star); Solomon Grundy (villain); A-Rym; Teppy; S-Kyr; E-Nes; Iris Allen (cameo)

Credits

Script: Mike Friedrich
Pencils: Dick Dillin
Inks: Joe Giella
Letters: John Costanza

Reprint history

First print: Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #92 (September 1971)
— Solomon Grundy.. The One and Only
Also printed: Super Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #56 ([October 1973?])
— Solomon Grundy-- The One and Only
: Super Adventure Album (KGM, 1976 series) #8 ([June 1978])
— [Only Someone Who is Unique to Both Earths…] Solomon Grunday--The One and Only
: Crisis on Multiple Earths (DC, 2002 series) #3 (2004)
— Solomon Grundy -- The One and Only

Synopsis

As A-Rym meets up with Solomon Grundy on Earth-2, the JLA meets up with the JSA to try and stop A-Rym's rampage. The two Robins finally discover the secret behind A-Rym's rampage.

48. Blank Page Comic story, 1 page

Notes

Blank page to force the next story to start on the left-most page.

49. The Teen-Age Trap! (Robin) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne] (cameo); Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tommy Duffy

Credits

Script: Elliot S! Maggin
Pencils: Irv Novick
Inks: Dick Giordano

Synopsis

Robin stops a young inner-city youth from robbing the college coffee house, then as Dick Grayson he helps tutor the youth.

Notes

Mis-titled in Table of Contents as "The Teen-Age Gap!"

50. Who Stole the Gift from Nowhere! (Robin) Comic story, 9 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin [Dick Grayson]; Diane Lewis; Luke Graham; Sam; Editor Starly Evans; Mr. Gerson

Credits

Script: Elliot S! Maggin
Pencils: Irv Novick
Inks: Dick Giordano

Synopsis

Luke Graham is accused of stealing $50,000 in cash that was sent anonymously to the Hudson University Library.

Notes

Starly's last name given in Batman #249

51. How Many Ways Can a Robin Die? (Batman) Comic story, 22.5 pages

Featuring

Feature: Batman
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Warden Howe; Emil Ravek

Credits

Script: Frank Robbins
Pencils: Irv Novick (pp 1-17)
Dick Dillin (pp 18-23)
Inks: Dick Giordano

Synopsis

Someone is demonstrating ways to "kill" Robin by using dummies to torture Batman. Batman must track them down and rescue the real Robin.

52. The Immortals of Usen Castle (Robin) Comic story, 9 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin [Dick Grayson]; Diane Lewis; Tommy Duffy; Dr. Samuel Usen; Stanley Usen; Sara Usen

Credits

Script: Elliot S! Maggin
Pencils: Irv Novick
Inks: Frank McLaughlin

Synopsis

Dick Grayson and Diane Lewis are giving some local youths a tour of a castle that is supposedly haunted. When Diana and some of the children disappear, Dick changes to Robin and discovers the secret behind the "ghosts" in the castle.

53. Case of the Kidnaped Crusader! (Robin) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tom Carson; Starley Evans

Credits

Script: Elliot S! Maggin
Pencils: Bob Brown
Inks: Frank McLaughlin

Reprint history

First print: Batman (DC, 1940 series) #249 (June 1973)
— Case of the Kidnaped Crusader!
Also printed: Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (KG Murray, 1973 series) #107 ([March 1974?])
— Case of the Kidnaped Crusader
: Bumper Batcomic (Murray, 1978 series) #20 ([April 1981?])
— Case of the Kidnaped Crusader!

Synopsis

Tom Carson, a consumer advocate, goes missing during the test drive of a new experimental car.

54. Return of the Flying Grayson! (Robin) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tommy Duffy; Jimmy Duffy; Richard Grayson (flashback; cameo); Mary Grayson (flashback; cameo); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (flashback; cameo); Big Mike

Credits

Script: Elliot S! Maggin
Pencils: Irv Novick
Inks: Frank McLaughlin

Reprint history

First print: Batman (DC, 1940 series) #250 (July 1973)
— Return of the Flying Grayson!
Also printed: Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (KG Murray, 1973 series) #111 ([July 1974?])
— Return of the Flying Grayson
: Bumper Batcomic (Murray, 1978 series) #17 ([May 1980?])
— Return of the Flying Grayson!

Synopsis

Robin tracks down some stolen paintings, one of which is of his parents doing their circus act.

Notes

Mis-titled in the Table of Contents as "Return of the Flying Graysons!"

Flashback to the death of Robin's parents.

55. The King from Canarsie! (Robin) Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin [Dick Grayson]; Davy King; Tommy Duffy; Van Sicklen

Credits

Script: Elliot S! Maggin
Pencils: Dick Dillin
Inks: Dick Giordano

Synopsis

Famous actor Davy King enrolls in Hudson University to get his college degree. Mysterious accidents happen around him until Robin is able to figure out who is behind them.

Notes

Davy King character modeled after Danny Kaye, and this story is dedicated to him.

56. The Phenomenal Memory of Luke Graham! (Robin) Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin [Dick Grayson]; Luke Graham; Professor Raymond; Starly Evans (cameo)

Credits

Script: Elliot S! Maggin
Pencils: Dick Dillin
Inks: Murphy Anderson

Synopsis

Luke Graham needs the help of Robin the Teen Wonder to convince his college professor that a report he prepared on the Chinese iron industry was not plagiarized.

57. The Touchdown Trap! (Robin) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin [Dick Grayson]; Harry "Hudson Hurricane" Hurley; George Benson; Frank McDonald

Credits

Script: Bob Rozakis
Art: Mike Grell

Reprint history

First print: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #445 (February-March 1975)
— The Touchdown Trap!
Also printed: Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (KG Murray, 1973 series) #124 ([August 1975])
— The Touchdown Trap!

Synopsis

When the 1924 Hudson University Football team comes to campus to celebrate their winning of the championship 50 years earlier, one disgruntled player tries to blow up the team hero with an explosive football.

58. The Puzzle of the Pyramids (Robin) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin [Dick Grayson]; Clark Kent; Fred Taylor; Chief Frank McDonald

Credits

Script: Bob Rozakis
Pencils: A. Martinez
Inks: Mazzaroli

Reprint history

First print: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #447 (May 1975)
— The Puzzle of the Pyramids
Also printed: Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (KG Murray, 1973 series) #126 ([October 1975])
— The Puzzle of the Pyramids
: Batman Album (Murray, 1978 series) #46 ([April 1980])
— The Puzzle of the Pyramids

Synopsis

Hudson students have a pyramid building contest to help the University build it's new art gallery to store some priceless papers. During the contest someone steals the papers and Robin has to figure out which student pulled the heist.

59. The Parking Lot Bandit! (Robin) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lori Elton; Chief Frank McDonald; Lieutenant Tatem; Mrs. Roberts; Paul Shuster (University treasurer)

Credits

Script: Bob Rozakis
Pencils: Al Milgrom
Inks: Terry Austin

Synopsis

Someone using the M.O. of the Parking Lot Bandit breaks into the University business office and steals $50,000.

60. The Parking Lot Bandit Strikes Again! (Robin) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature: Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Robin [Dick Grayson]; Chief Frank McDonald; Sylvia Kitter; Paul Shuster

Credits

Script: Bob Rozakis
Pencils: Al Milgrom
Inks: Terry Austin

Synopsis

Robin and Chief McDonald capture the Parking Lot Bandit and also the person who framed him for the theft of $50,000 from Hudson University.

61. Untitled Promo (ad from the publisher), 2 pages

Credits

Letters: typeset

Notes

Other Showcase Presents Volumes available from DC comics.

Notes

Reprints various Robin stories from Batman, Detective Comics, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen, Justice League of America and World's Finest Comics from 1964-1975.

Status

AusReprints ID

48402

Cover added

25/07/2010

Index completed

24/09/2011

Last updated

24/09/2011